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<PERIOD>20070517
<FILING-DATE>20080214
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20080214
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP
<CIK>0001004702
<ASSIGNED-SIC>6035
<IRS-NUMBER>223412577
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>975 HOOPER AVE
<CITY>TOMS RIVER
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>08753-8396
<PHONE>7322404500
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>975 HOOPER AVENUE
<CITY>TOMS RIVER
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>08723
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>OCEAN FINANCIAL CORP
<DATE-CHANGED>19951208
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>Lebel Joseph III
<CIK>0001424070
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
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<ACT>34
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<FILM-NUMBER>08615633
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<PHONE>732-240-4500 X. 7182
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>975 HOOPER AVENUE
<CITY>TOMS RIVER
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>08754
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-05-17</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001004702</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OCFC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001424070</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lebel Joseph III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>975 HOOPER AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TOMS RIVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08754</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>1st SVP, Chief Lending Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>34</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k)</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>748</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Esop</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.25</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-03-02</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-03-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>22.74</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2007-04-28</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-04-28</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options vest at a rate of 20% per year commencing March 2, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options vest at a rate of 20% per year commencing April 28, 2007.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John K. Kelly, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-02-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc6165.txt
<DESCRIPTION>JOSEPH LEBEL POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Joseph J. Lebel III, First Senior Vice President and
Chief Lending Officer of OceanFirst Bank, a subsidiary of
OceanFirst Financial Corp.(the "Corporation"),hereby authorize
and designate each of John K. Kelly, Michael J. Fitzpatrick,
Douglas P. Faucette, John Bruno and Jennifer Brough as my agent
and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to:

(1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934and file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock
exchange on which the Corporation's stock islisted;
(2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the
Securities Act of 1933 and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and (3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to,in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact,or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed and
dated writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

Dated:	January 15, 2008			/s/ Joseph J. Lebel, III
						Joseph J. Lebel,III


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